Licence to Kiss? Harlequin Files Application to Patent Kissing

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It’s no secret that Valentine’s Day has become as much, if not more of, a holiday for marketing and merchandising profiteers as for lovers. With the big day approaching, one such company has made the rather unusual move of seeking to patent the kiss. […]

Consumers’ Rights in Copyrighted Works: A Play Back for Balance on Bill C-32 “Trio Provisions”

Pascale Chapdelaine is a PhD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and a member of IP Osgoode. Her current research seeks to define and substantiate consumers’ rights with respect to copies of copyrighted works that consumers lawfully access. In a Brief submitted to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-32, I offered some comments on the […]